French & Vintage

Here’s something I read recently: psychologists tell us that when times are happy and prosperous, stories about dark creatures such as...

Can you guess the three top sellers of vintage bird images for us? Perhaps your favourite bird is one of them. They’re peacocks,...

Ta-dah! This is me, being a Happy Vegemite. Finally, the new hardcovers of Calypso’s series, A Cat’s Tale, have arrived. They’re bigger...

Robertson Davies was one of Canada’s best-known and most popular authors. He once wrote, “Authors like cats because they are such quiet,...

Do you have a phobia? Most people have heard of Arachnophobia, a fear of spiders. I’m putting my hand up for that one, especially the...

One thing that Covid lockdowns have taught us is that lots of people enjoy working from home. And I’m one of them. My favored working...

Here we are, still languishing on the Sunshine Coast. I miss London and Paris! But if you have to be trapped somewhere, this is a pretty...

Before I start, it might seem incongruous, but there is a reason for featuring these pretty fairy images throughout the Newsletter. Read...

Guess what happened this week? No, go on – guess. I’ll wait. Still waiting ….. Oh alright, this is what happened this week: my Media...

Things are going swimmingly in the pop-up shop. I've included some random shots here to show you a tiny bit of what we're offering. But...